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Arabian Poetry: Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: On a Cat, That Was Killed As She Was Attempting to Rob A Dove-House, by Ibn Alalaf Alnaharwany

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With many a sad presaging tear, This morn I saw her steal away, While she went on without a fear, Except that she should miss her prey. I saw her to the dove-house climb, With cautious feet and slow she stept, Resolved to balance loss of time By eating faster than she crept. Her subtle foes were on the watch, And marked her course, with fury fraught; And while she hoped the birds to catch, An arrow's point the huntress caught.

Arabian Poetry: Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: On a Cat, That Was Killed As She Was Attempting to Rob A Dove-House, by Ibn Alalaf Alnaharwany

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